VERB
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take in, also metaphorically
She drew strength from the minister's words
The sponge absorbs water well -
ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
She is playing up to the chairman -
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
He is always kowtowing to his boss
How To Use suck up In A Sentence
- These plants suck up moisture from the soil.
- She suck up to him by agree with everything he say.
- It was a crass attempt to suck up to the backbenchers,' he said. Times, Sunday Times
- I also wasted £100 on a contraption to suck up fallen leaves, but that was too irritating to work and after the first go I chucked it into the skip.
- Tumors suck up so much cholesterol that LDL has been considered a vehicle for delivering antitumor drugs to cancer cells.
- to suck up to one's boss.
- Even the worst hypochondriac is limited (by time if nothing) in how many healthcare dollars he can suck up. Matthew Yglesias » Impractical!
- He can suck up as much information as you can give him.
- It never hurts to suck up to the boss.
- The sloth bear's long muzzle has protrusible lips and nostrils which it can close - these two features allow it to create a vacuum tube to suck up the termites.